“The UK Government’s announcement of new funding of £1.5 billion over the next 8 years to global nutrition programmes will provide a much-needed life-line for millions of children.

“Since 2019, the UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK) and its partners have worked closely with the UK Government to raise awareness of the need for renewed funding to global nutrition. This announcement, together with the policy commitments made at the Nutrition for Growth Summit last December, will play an important part in the Government’s ambition to end the preventable deaths of mothers, children and babies.

“This funding is sorely needed and comes at a time when millions of families are struggling to feed their children due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Worryingly, significant financial gaps in the global response remain so the UK Government should build on today’s announcement by increasing funding to nutrition programmes as the UK economy grows.”

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